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valley of weeping

When I am in the kitchen, I enjoy listening to The Book of Psalms on CD. I have found listening to the Psalms an easy way to imprint these words on my heart. For the past two months, my favorite has been Psalm 84. I find this Psalm especially comforting when I am going through the “valley of weeping.”

How lovely is Your dwelling place,
O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.

Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young—
a place near Your altar,
O Lord Almighty, my King and my God.

Blessed are those who dwell in Your house;
they are ever praising You.

Blessed are those whose strength is in You,
those who have set their hearts on finding You.

When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools.

They go from strength to strength,
till each appears before God in Zion.

Hear my prayer, O Lord God Almighty;
listen to me, O God…

Better is one day in Your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the homes of the wicked.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor;
The Lord will withhold no good thing
from those who do what is right.